My mind was racing - I was in the middle of a nervous breakdownDENISE Welch was sitting at an idyllic beachside caf é in Grenada in January when her latest bout of depression took hold. "I felt it starting and within 30 seconds I wasn't well. The colour began to drain from my life," recalls actress and author Denise, 60, who has battled clinical depression for nearly three decades. (Source: Daily Express - Health)Source: Daily Express - Health - August 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

LSU Health research reveals new obesity prevention target(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) A team of LSU Health New Orleans researchers has found a lower prevalence of overweight and obesity among youth in Grenada compared to US adolescents. The differences may reflect the impact of the westernized diet and lifestyle. The research may lead to a change in worldwide obesity prevention strategy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Trump ’s Immigration Policies Are Making It Harder for Foreign Doctors to Work in the U.S. — And That Could Hurt PatientsFor the past four years, Daniel, an Israeli-born doctor completing a medical residency in the U.S., has secured an H-1B visa for temporary specialized workers without a hitch. But this May, without warning, the government put his status in the U.S. in danger.
Daniel, who withheld his last name for fear of retaliation, is one of many foreign-born medical residents across the country who have received visa rejections or delays since mid-April — similar to rejections thousands of H-1B applicants in other high-paying industries have recently received — prompting a flurry of legal activity from medical groups, hospi...Source: TIME: Health - June 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthytime medicine onetime Source Type: news

Jet-lag supplement melatonin may combat obesityResearchers from the University of Grenada found melatonin increases the amount of fat rodents use as energy rather than it being stored, as well as lowering fat deposits around their abdomens. (Source: the Mail online | Health)Source: the Mail online | Health - May 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Here Are Some Of The Most Awesome Signs From The March For ScienceThousands of people gathered in hundreds of cities Saturday to show their support for science and demand evidence-based policy in the wake of President Donald Trump’s anti-science agenda.
The March for Science, a series of rallies around the world, took place on Earth Day to highlight the need to fight the devastation that Trump’s environmental policies would inflict on the planet.
And of course, all those science lovers came with pretty great signs. Here are some of the best, cleverest and most poignant signs we’ve seen so far.
#marchforscience #marchforsciencechicago #scienceisreal #sci...Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Here Are Some Of The Most Awesome Signs From The March For ScienceThousands of people gathered in hundreds of cities Saturday to show their support for science and demand evidence-based policy in the wake of President Donald Trump’s anti-science agenda.
The March for Science, a series of rallies around the world, took place on Earth Day to highlight the need to fight the devastation that Trump’s environmental policies would inflict on the planet.
And of course, all those science lovers came with pretty great signs. Here are some of the best, cleverest and most poignant signs we’ve seen so far.
#marchforscience #marchforsciencechicago #scienceisreal #sci...Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 22, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news

Sarah Worley Added to Northwest Health Medical Team (Movers & Shakers)Dr. Sarah Worley, an internal medicine physician, has joined Northwest Health, practicing at Northwest Health Medical Plaza-East Side in Springdale.
Worley received her medical education at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies.
Dr. Angela Pennisi, a fellowship-trained medical oncologist, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
Pennisi received her medical degree and doctoral degree in experimental hematology from the University of Catania in Italy, where she also completed fellowship training in hematology. She is an assistant professor in the UAMS Div...Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - October 31, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

From concrete to coral: breeze blocks make a splash regenerating reefsThere hasn ’t been much good news about coral recently, but in Grenada, one project is using towers of concrete to encourage marine life and create new reefsThe outboard motor roared into life and the rope snapped tight, flicking sand across the beach. For a fraction of a second, the inertia of half a ton of concrete held sway before the entire construction slid down the runners and into the surf. I fully expected it to sink, leaving a tattered rope to skip across the wave tops, but the team from Grenada ’s Grand Anse Reef Regeneration Project (GARRP) had done this before and all was well.As the boat picked up ...Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 20, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Richard Aspinall Tags: Science Coral Marine life Environment Conservation Source Type: news

I Thought I Was the Only One -- Our Stories in the Practice: Yoga, Healing Justice, Diversity and Access"I don't belong here." "My people don't do yoga." "I thought I was the only one." Ever heard or felt that in a yoga space? Diverse Yoga Leadership as a Site for Social Change is a movement and call to action for more coherent, visible, diverse community and leadership in yoga today. It's our movement. We rise together creating visible, unified, diverse yoga leadership as a site for social change. With stories. Through image, written word, telling our stories as part of the cultural, social, and practical fabric of yoga today we create visibility, mutual uplift, collective conversation and c...Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Looking To Paris For Our Very SurvivalWe are now mere days away from what could easily be described as the most important gathering for the year -- the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the 196 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). At the 30th Nov. to 11th Dec. meeting in Paris, it is imperative that parties sign a legally-binding accord to keep human-induced global temperature rise within levels that science says will avert catastrophic climate change. This is important for many reasons. My country, Antigua & Barbuda, and its Caribbean neighbours, already among the most vulnerable of Small States, face an even ...Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 11, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Looking To Paris For Our Very SurvivalWe are now mere days away from what could easily be described as the most important gathering for the year -- the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the 196 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
At the 30th Nov. to 11th Dec. meeting in Paris, it is imperative that parties sign a legally-binding accord to keep human-induced global temperature rise within levels that science says will avert catastrophic climate change. This is important for many reasons.
My country, Antigua & Barbuda, and its Caribbean neighbours, already among the most vulnerable of Small States, face an eve...Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 11, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Mission Day 14: Mad Respect, AKA Don't Kill BobThis post should really be titled, "MAD, MAD, MAD" respect. Respect for what, you may ask? For lifelong astronauts? For scientists and support staff who spent winter in Antarctica? For service people aboard submarines and ships who do this isolation thing all the time? Absolutely, but I've respected the heck out of those folks for years. This is brand new respect we're talking about here. Over the last two weeks -- two weeks already! -- I've come upon a profound pile of respect, basically a mountain of respect, for people who feed families of six or more in underdeveloped countries. It's an all-day long, and half...Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 15, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Woman Loses Vision After Mosquito Bite Transmits Chikungunya FeverBy: Laura Geggel Published: 08/10/2015 10:38 AM EDT on LiveScience
A woman who caught chikungunya fever while vacationing in the Caribbean wound up losing some of the vision in her right eye permanently, according to a new report of her case.
The findings suggest that vision problems may be an underreported effect of the mosquito-transmitted virus, which has spread in recent years from Africa and Asia to the Caribbean, Latin America and parts of the United States, the report's authors said.
"Sight-threatening visual loss can be a late complication of infection with chikungunya," said Dr. Abhijit Mohite, who treat...Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 10, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Water Is The Core Of Health & Sustainable Development -- World Water Day Meets TechnologyIn the past week, sustainable development, the environment and technology have been at the forefront of domestic and international attention. Ambassadors from around the world joined business owners and policymakers at the United Nations for World Water Day while the Supreme Court heard arguments on behalf of states and associations versus the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The goals of all these activities are to improve the health of people around the world through better and viable nutrition, industry and communities. Ambassador Denis Antoine of Grenada - an island nation that struggles for clean water – s...Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 30, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nicole Fisher Source Type: news